# Amputations at Gardner Denver
> OSHA SIR `2018087882` · 8/2/2018 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gardner Denver
- **Location:** 305 N State Fair Blvd, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a crane with a sling to lift a cylinder from a basket when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the sling and the cylinder, crushing it and resulting in an amputation to the first joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*